Television
TV schedule Wednesday 17th April 2024
6:10am
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Minder
Series 5, Episode 2 - What Makes Shamy Run?Dave at the Winchester Arms points out that the banknotes given to Arthur by Shamy to pay off his debts are in fact forgeries.
6:45am
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Supertato
Series 1, Episode 8 - Turnip Of TerrorSupertato and the Veggies are shocked when they meet a turnip in the deli counter.
7am
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Shaun The Sheep
Series 2, Episode 28 - Zebra Ducks Of The SerengetiAfter getting covered in soot, two hapless ducks are mistaken for a pair of rare African Zebra Ducks. Seeing a way to make money, the farmer transforms Shaun's field into an exotic duck enclosure, which he gleefully opens to the public. Shaun doesn't appreciate losing his field and sets about exposing the fraud.
7:10am
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Danger Mouse
Series 2, Episode 9 - I Believe In Danger MouseDanger Mouse gains a following of crazed felines - but it's not all good news!
7:20am
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 1, Episode 25 - Postcards From The VegPieface laments that Paul is looking peaky and needs a holiday. Dennis has a plan! But its only when Walter kidnaps Paul that he realises his chips are down and he needs the gang's help to put things right!
7:25am
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Desmond's
Series 3, Episode 4 - Smokeless FumingSean is behaving increasingly oddly, and when his diary falls into the wrong hands, the reason why becomes clear.
7:35am
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Go Jetters
Series 1, Episode 3 - Stonehenge, EnglandCan the Go Jetters stop Glitch playing dominoes with the ancient stones of Stonehenge?
7:50am
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Desmond's
Series 3, Episode 5 - Relative StrangersPorkpie is earning a little pin money by helping out at the barber shop and the first customer he meets turns out to be his long lost daughter Denise, now a medical student, who hasn't seen her father for twenty years.
8am
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Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Series 4, Christmas Special - Michael McIntyre's Christmas Big ShowMichael presents a night packed with Christmas treats and unmissable surprises including a special guest handing over their phone in Send to All, another spectacular Unexpected Star and one unsuspecting member of the public gets a big surprise.
8:20am
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Keeping Up Appearances
Series 1, Episode 3Hyacinth looks forward to soaking up a little culture at her favourite stately home, but first feels she must visit Daddy. Unfortunately, this week he thinks he's Captain Midnight!
8:35am
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Justin's House
Series 3, Episode 10 - Pirate DayJustin, Robert and Little Monster try to protect Gem's jewels from naughty Captain Sinker when the stars of Swashbuckle drop in for Pirate Day. Guest starring Gemma Hunt and Ella Kenion.
9am
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dinnerladies
Series 2, Episode 2 - TroubleJean's husband leaves her for a dental assistant in south Wales, and her colleagues feel the force of her frustration and anger. Meanwhile, Petula has a more-than-slightly surprising announcement to make.
9:30am
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The Football's On
Series 11, Episode 9A humorous look at the week's football stories with Ian Stone and guests.
9:35am
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Twirlywoos
Series 3, Episode 22 - More About OutsideThe Twirlywoos are in a hairdresser's salon. They watch as the hairdresser puts all his signs outside the shop. Whilst the hairdresser is busy, the Twirlywoos decide to put everything outside - including the customers.
9:40am
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Are You Being Served?
Series 5, Episode 5 - Take-overThe staff plot to prevent a take-over of Grace Brothers by a rival store by infiltrating a shareholder's meeting to stack the vote.
10am
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In The Long Run
Series 2, Episode 6Bagpipes, Kirsty and the Eastbridge community are preparing for Melissa's adoption party at the Milton Arms when Walter is disturbed to discover that Bagpipes is estranged from his parents.
10am
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Millie Inbetween
Series 2, Episode 3 - Take A HikeMillie turns teen and has her first crush, while Craig gets a Saturday job and Lauren takes a hike.
10:20am
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Porridge
Series 3, Episode 3 - Rough JusticeJudge Rawley appears to be settling into life on remand, but a theft shows old prejudices haven't entirely been left behind. Fletch and his fellow prisoners soon learn that fair application of the law doesn't always give consistent results.
10:25am
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Sooty
Series 2, Episode 20 - Record BreakersSooty, Sweep and Soo are desperate to break a world record for judge Boris McSquirter, will Sooty's giant brick tower win the day, or will Sweep become the tallest dog in the world? Guest starring Richard Arnold.
11am
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 16, Episode 6 - The Most Powerful Eyeballs In West YorkshireHoward fails to hypnotise Pearl and prompts Foggy to demonstrate how he can influence people.
11:05am
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Supertato
Series 2, Episode 1 - Wishing TreeSupertato must save the Lantern Festival when Evil Pea blows all the lanterns away.
11:40am
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 16, Episode 7 - The Dewhirsts Of Ogleby HallFoggy learns that he may be an aristocrat.
12:10pm
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Go Jetters
Series 2, Episode 25 - Gliding, ArgentinaThe Go Jet cadets are taking to the skies in Argentina in an attempt to pass their academy gliding test.
12:20pm
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Keeping Up Appearances
Series 1, Episode 3Hyacinth looks forward to soaking up a little culture at her favourite stately home, but first feels she must visit Daddy. Unfortunately, this week he thinks he's Captain Midnight!
12:25pm
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Danger Mouse
Series 1, Episode 4 - Planet Of The ToiletsOn a trip to Japan, Penfold's ill-timed comfort break sparks a world-wide porcelain revolution lead by the evil super-intelligent toilet Dr Loocifer.
12:35pm
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Danger Mouse
Series 1, Episode 5 - Pink DawnThe Professor's young visitor - competition winner Dawn Crumhorn - becomes a Barbie-like pink-obsessed child-villain after an accident in the lab.
1pm
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Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Highlights Special - Michael McIntyre's Big SurprisesMichael looks back over his favourite surprises from the last four series of his Big Show
1pm
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dinnerladies
Series 2, Episode 2 - TroubleJean's husband leaves her for a dental assistant in south Wales, and her colleagues feel the force of her frustration and anger. Meanwhile, Petula has a more-than-slightly surprising announcement to make.
1pm
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Waffle The Wonder Dog
Series 1, Episode 14 - Waffle And GeorgeMrs Hobbs's cat, George, gets locked inside her house, giving Waffle a chance to prove himself to Mrs Hobbs. Can he rescue George?
1:10pm
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Supertato
Series 1, Episode 21 - The Chilli RocketChilli says he's a great skateboarder, but when Supertato needs his help to catch Evil Pea, Chilli can't skateboard at all! Carrot, Chilli and Supertato create a 'chilli rocket' to defeat Evil Pea.
1:15pm
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 1, Episode 17 - Jurassic BarkGnasher finds a Gnashersaurus rex thigh bone while digging in Beanotown Park!
1:30pm
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 2, Episode 3 - BathmageddonIt's time for Gnasher's annual bath, but the stinky hound will do anything to avoid it.
1:40pm
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Porridge
Series 3, Episode 3 - Rough JusticeJudge Rawley appears to be settling into life on remand, but a theft shows old prejudices haven't entirely been left behind. Fletch and his fellow prisoners soon learn that fair application of the law doesn't always give consistent results.
2pm
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Guessable?
Series 3, Episode 7 - It's Not EroticSara Pascoe, Alan Davies, Darren Harriott and sidekick John Kearns welcome Guessable? favourite Jason Manford plus attic debutants Mike Wozniak, Babatunde Aléshé and Harry Potter alumni Jessie Cave to play another round of beguiling games to test their guessing and bluffing skills.
2:20pm
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Dad's Army
Series 7, Episode 1 - Everybody's TruckingThe platoon is ordered to plant signposts in order to direct a large convoy, but things are made difficult when the road is blocked, and by Mainwaring continuously damaging Jones's newly furnished van.
2:35pm
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Supertato
Series 2, Episode 16 - Broccoli AloneSupertato is out chasing a milkshake robot and leaves Broccoli in charge of Tato Tower.
3pm
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Lovejoy
Series 2, Episode 10 - Lily's PearlsLovejoy smells a rat when he meets Lady Jane's husband's new business partner.
3pm
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Are You Being Served?
Series 5, Episode 5 - Take-overThe staff plot to prevent a take-over of Grace Brothers by a rival store by infiltrating a shareholder's meeting to stack the vote.
3:15pm
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Danger Mouse
Series 2, Episode 21 - Nero Come HomeOn seeing his adopted goldfish get busted for stealing top-secret documents, Penfold bewails the fact he has never had a pet of his own to love.
3:30pm
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Shaun The Sheep
Series 1, Episode 12 - Little Sheep Of HorrorsLittle lambs shouldn't watch scary movies, as Timmy finds out at his cost.
3:40pm
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dinnerladies
Series 2, Episode 2 - TroubleJean's husband leaves her for a dental assistant in south Wales, and her colleagues feel the force of her frustration and anger. Meanwhile, Petula has a more-than-slightly surprising announcement to make.
4:20pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 16, Episode 6 - The Most Powerful Eyeballs In West YorkshireHoward fails to hypnotise Pearl and prompts Foggy to demonstrate how he can influence people.
4:30pm
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In The Long Run
Series 3, Episode 1As Walter worries about whether his life on the Eastbridge will make his Mama proud, Valentine worries that Kobna is taking his place as the favourite one.
4:40pm
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Supertato
Series 1, Episode 22 - Carrot The ChampionEvil Pea captures Supertato, but Carrot masters the ultimate flip kick and rescues her.
5pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 16, Episode 7 - The Dewhirsts Of Ogleby HallFoggy learns that he may be an aristocrat.
5:15pm
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Waffle The Wonder Dog
Series 2, Episode 12 - Moving WaffleConnie and Ruby move into Maple Close with their dog, Jelly. Waffle is not allowed to go on a family camping trip but accidentally goes on a different adventure.
5:20pm
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Terry & June
Series 9, Episode 7 - The Family WayJune's wish for a cleaning lady, Terry's new pet, and a couple of unexpected arrivals add up to a typically complicated situation for the Medfords.
5:40pm
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Porridge
Series 3, Episode 3 - Rough JusticeJudge Rawley appears to be settling into life on remand, but a theft shows old prejudices haven't entirely been left behind. Fletch and his fellow prisoners soon learn that fair application of the law doesn't always give consistent results.
6pm
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Keeping Up Appearances
Series 2, Episode 2Hyacinth is thrilled when the wealthy Mrs Fortescue asks them for a lift into town. But events don't go quite as Hyacinth would have wished, and she ends up on the back of a lorry whilst Mrs Fortescue is in the pub!
6pm
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The Football's On
Series 11, Episode 9A humorous look at the week's football stories with Ian Stone and guests.
6pm
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Horrible Histories
Series 1, Episode 4Viewers can delve into the lives of the Smashing Saxons, Vile Victorians, Rotten Romans and Terrible Tudors, in this week's edition of the comedy history series hosted by a talking rat.
6:20pm
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Keeping Up Appearances
Series 1, Episode 3Hyacinth looks forward to soaking up a little culture at her favourite stately home, but first feels she must visit Daddy. Unfortunately, this week he thinks he's Captain Midnight!
6:40pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 12, Episode 2 - Come In Sunray MajorFoggy goes hi-tech to establish good communications with Compo and Clegg.
6:55pm
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Sketchy Comedy
Episode 5A light switch, fortune cookie, traffic lights and a bottle are among the items getting the Sketchy treatment.
7pm
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dinnerladies
Series 2, Episode 2 - TroubleJean's husband leaves her for a dental assistant in south Wales, and her colleagues feel the force of her frustration and anger. Meanwhile, Petula has a more-than-slightly surprising announcement to make.
7:20pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 12, Episode 3 - The Charity BallsWhen perfectly respectable men appear wearing no trousers, Compo, Clegg and Foggy are intrigued.
7:40pm
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Dad's Army
Series 7, Episode 1 - Everybody's TruckingThe platoon is ordered to plant signposts in order to direct a large convoy, but things are made difficult when the road is blocked, and by Mainwaring continuously damaging Jones's newly furnished van.
8:20pm
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Dad's Army
Series 7, Episode 2 - A Man Of ActionJournalist Mr Cheeseman comes to make a report on the Home Guard. This is soon overshadowed when a landmine cuts off Walmington-on-Sea's gas, water and railway lines. Captain Mainwaring decides the best thing to do is to put the town under martial law - with himself in charge.
8:20pm
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 10, Episode 6With Claudia Winkleman, Jamie Laing, Rhod Gilbert and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
9pm
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Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Highlights Special - Michael McIntyre's Big SurprisesMichael looks back over his favourite surprises from the last four series of his Big Show
9pm
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Bottom
Series 2, Episode 2 - CultureAfter their TV is repossessed by Rumbelows, Eddie and Richie are left bored at home for the evening. Perhaps a game of chess could pass the time.
9pm
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8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 22, Episode 8Jimmy Carr hosts the comedy panel show discussing the nation's most popular talking points. Rob Beckett and Katherine Ryan are joined by comedian Ed Gamble, comedy besties Donna & Verona, TV presenter and doctor Ranj Singh and comedian Sara Barron.
9:40pm
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Bottom
Series 2, Episode 3 - BurglaryHaving gone out for fish and chips, Eddie returns hours later, paralytic. Just as Richie's got him into bed, they hear a burglar downstairs.
10pm
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Lee Evans - Big - Live At The O2
A TV broadcast of Lee Evans's record-breaking tour, which played to over half a million fans across the UK. Infectious stand-up from the top comic.
10pm25 min
Mammoth
Episode 1PE teacher Tony Mammoth is back from the dead with his old job, and he's approaching it the same way as the he did in the 1970s. During a parents evening, he discovers he has a lot more in common with a pupil's mother than he thought.
10pm
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Some Girls
Series 2, Episode 1Viva is worried that Rocky is getting too serious about their relationship, while Saz is worried she's not normal. A new school counsellor has a big impact on Greenshoots Academy - though not in the way he intended.
10:20pm
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The Young Ones
Series 2, Episode 6 - Summer HolidaySummer term has ended. Rick has discovered his parents are dead. The group are evicted from the house, and have come bottom of the world in their exams. What else is there to do but rob a bank and flee?
10:25pm
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Harry Hill's Lonely Island
Episode 1 - CavemanHarry Hill reveals how prehistoric man might have lived on a lonely island - from what he did for food and entertainment through to an unlikely fight.
10:30pm
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Some Girls
Series 2, Episode 2After falling out with the group after an eventful party, Holli has to find a new set of friends. Saz and Amber both like the same boy and Viva is distressed about being forced to give up a precious toy.
10:40pm
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Eddie The Eagle
Win or lose, always aim high. The story of Great Britain's first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics.
11pm85 min
Jessica Fostekew: The Silence Of The Nans
Co-host of hit podcast The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew's epic comedy-horror-story is the perfect antidote to finding yourself all at sea.
11pm
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Taskmaster
Series 5, Episode 1 - Dignity IntactAisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips are the chosen quintet who all harbour the same dream of lifting the premier prize in television, sport, or indeed, any field at all: Greg's decapitated head on a spiked plinth. First up they play basketball without hands, get stranded in a lake and devise special cuddles for a special someone.
11:05pm
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 10 (Channel 4: Series 11), Episode 6Sean Lock and Danny Dyer take on Joe Wilkinson and Gabby Logan. Meanwhile David O'Doherty is in Dictionary Corner.
11:10pm
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Bottom
Series 2, Episode 4 - ParadeRichie and Eddie make £8 each for taking part in a police line-up, and intend to drink it away. When they arrive at the pub, bookmaker Larry is already drunk and soon talking of dead certs.
11:30pm
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The Football's On
Series 11, Episode 9A humorous look at the week's football stories with Ian Stone and guests.
11:45pm
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Bottom
Series 2, Episode 6 - 'S OutFollowing a bet with 'Mad' Ken Stalin that they can survive in the wilderness, Richie and Eddie head out to the wilds of Wimbledon Common and pitch a tent.
Midnight
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There's Something About Movies
Series 2, Episode 4Joining Alan and team captains Michael Sheen and Jennifer Saunders for another bought of movie flavoured trivia and challenges are Hollywood star and California Man Brendan Fraser, comedian Guz Khan and star of After Life and Derek, Kerry Godliman. Plenty of jokers, but can they solve Alan's riddles?
12:10am
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Perfect Friday
Comic crime caper.
12:25am
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Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Series 1, Episode 4David Baddiel, Nicola Coughlan and Darren Harriott revisit their teenage years, with the host judging which of them had the most embarrassing adolescence.
12:25am
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The Young Ones
Series 2, Episode 6 - Summer HolidaySummer term has ended. Rick has discovered his parents are dead. The group are evicted from the house, and have come bottom of the world in their exams. What else is there to do but rob a bank and flee?
12:40am
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Lovejoy
Series 2, Episode 9 - Raise The HispanicAt a society wedding, Lovejoy overhears a row between a landowner and his new son-in-law. Then he discovers the groom has been murdered, but nobody believes him because the body has disappeared.
1am
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Brassic
Series 3, Episode 3Ashley's cousin Doolan has been kidnapped and his uncle Francis calls on Vinnie to be the bag drop man in his ransom.
1:20am
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This Time With Alan Partridge
Series 2, Episode 6A special regal edition sees a member of the Royal family welcomed to the studio. But can Alan maintain his dignity in the face of a career-defining setback?
1:20am
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Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Series 4, Episode 6Mel and her dishonourable assistant Lou are joined by Daisy May Cooper, Emmanuel Sonubi and Ardal O'Hanlon. Emmanuel explains the rules of the game "flaming a***holes", Daisy tells us why you should never invite her to a wedding and Ardal reveals how dressing up as a priest ended up with him in a stranger's bath.
1:20am
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CelebAbility
Series 3, Episode 6Five friends take on Scarlett Moffatt, Liam 'Gatsby' Blackwell, Luke Kempner, Amelia Lily and Arron Crascall in challenges based on unusual abilities.
1:25am
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Ahir Shah: Dots
Ahir Shah performs his stand-up show Dots for a live audience.
1:35am
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Minder
Series 5, Episode 1 - Goodbye SailorArthur lines up a deal to supply cheap tobacco and persuades Terry to collect it, convincing him that it's an easy job. But Terry has his doubts when he and Arthur are all at sea with Customs and Excise in pursuit.
2am
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Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Episode 8Sara Cox, David Tennant, Lydia West and Roisin Conaty are this week's panellists.
2am50 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Series 12, Episode 4 - Adam Hills, Jamali Maddix, Michelle WolfAustralian comedy star and host of Channel 4's The Last Leg, Adam Hills hosts as he introduces US comic Michelle Wolf and sharp-witted Jamali Maddix to the stage.
2:15am
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Taskmaster
Series 17, Episode 3 - Some Impropriety?The answers to a great many questions will be answered in this episode. Will Steve Pemberton's no-vowels gamble pay off? Why does Sophie Willan love to balance items on her head? Can John Robins make formula milk? What does Nick Mohammed think is going to happen to those eggs? And, most intriguingly, why is Joanne McNally sniffing Little Alex Horne's beard?
2:50am
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Bliss
Episode 1Andrew endures a painfully difficult night out with Denise and two new friends when he discovers that Kim is headed to the same restaurant. His efforts to relocate both parties become increasingly desperate.
2:50am
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Desmond's
Series 3, Episode 5 - Relative StrangersPorkpie is earning a little pin money by helping out at the barber shop and the first customer he meets turns out to be his long lost daughter Denise, now a medical student, who hasn't seen her father for twenty years.
2:50am
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 10, Episode 6With Claudia Winkleman, Jamie Laing, Rhod Gilbert and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
3am
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Some Girls
Series 2, Episode 1Viva is worried that Rocky is getting too serious about their relationship, while Saz is worried she's not normal. A new school counsellor has a big impact on Greenshoots Academy - though not in the way he intended.
3:15am
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Desmond's
Series 2, Episode 7 - PorkpiesMichael's sister and brother-in-law visit England, and have got under the impression that Michael is a successful businessman and even owns Desmond's. Will the others sell him out or help him keep up a pretence to save face?
3:30am
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Some Girls
Series 2, Episode 2After falling out with the group after an eventful party, Holli has to find a new set of friends. Saz and Amber both like the same boy and Viva is distressed about being forced to give up a precious toy.
4:15am
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Big Mood
Episode 5 - The EdgeEddie takes to London's nightlife to find a rich man and has a run-in with her mother. Maggie tries to make amends for what happened at the pagan festival.
5:15am
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Guessable?
Series 4, Episode 3 - Oh Wait There's More Clues?Sara Pascoe, Alan Davies, Darren Harriott, and sidekick John Kearns, welcome Sophie Duker, Rosie Jones, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Jamie Laing to play another round of absurd guessing games.